# липа
## Bulgarian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lipa, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *léiˀpāˀ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [liˈpa]

### Noun

липа́ • (lipá) f (relational adjective ли́пов, diminutive липи́чка)
* lime tree, linden tree (tree of genus Tilia)

#### Derived terms

* липа́к (lipák, “linden grove”)
* липи́ще (lipíšte) (augmentative)
* ли́пина (lípina, “linden wood”)

#### See also

* ли́пица (lípica, “flower Myosotis”) (possibly related?)
* ли́пък (lípǎk, “sticky”) (dialectal, etymologically unrelated)

### References

* “липа”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
* “липа”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
* Nayden Gerov (1899) “липа́”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎ (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 13
* Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “липа”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 413

### Anagrams

* пила (pila)

## Macedonian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈlipa]
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: ли‧па

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lipa, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *léiˀpāˀ.

#### Noun

липа • (lipa) f (plural липи, relational adjective липов)
* lime tree, linden tree

##### Derived terms

* липак m (lipak)
* липовина f (lipovina)

### Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *xlipati.

#### Verb

липа • (lipa) third-singular present, impf (perfective залипа)
* (intransitive) to sob, weep

##### Derived terms

* разлипа (razlipa), полипа (polipa), прелипа (prelipa)

### Anagrams

* пали (pali), пила (pila)

## Russian
### Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic липа (lipa), from Proto-Slavic *lipa, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *léiˀpāˀ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈlʲipə]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

ли́па • (lípa) f inan (genitive ли́пы, nominative plural ли́пы, genitive plural лип, relational adjective ли́повый, diminutive ли́пка, augmentative ли́пища)
* lime tree, linden (tree, wood, or flower)
* (colloquial) forgery, fake

#### Declension
### Anagrams

* пила́ (pilá)

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lipa, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *léiˀpāˀ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lîpa/
* Hyphenation: ли‧па

### Noun

ли̏па f (Latin spelling lȉpa)
* any part of a linden/lime tree
* tea made from linden flowers

#### Derived terms

* ли́пац
* лѝпан
* ли̑пањ

### Further reading

* “липа”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

## Ukrainian
### Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *lipa, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *léiˀpāˀ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɫɪpɐ]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

ли́па • (lýpa) f inan (genitive ли́пи, nominative plural ли́пи, genitive plural лип)
* lime tree, linden tree

#### Declension
### References

* Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “липа”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka